Table 1 Baseline Sample Characteristics by Intervention Group for People with Cancer and Partners of People with Cancer
Characteristic | Self Help Package (SH) (n = 70) M (SD) or n (%) | Health Professional Delivered (HP) (n = 71) M (SD) or n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Person with cancer (n = 45) | Partner (n = 25) | Person with cancer (n = 43) | Partner (n = 28) |
Age: | 56.9 (12.9) | 55.7 (10.6) | 55.6 (12.0) | 55.4 (11.7) |
Length of relationship (years): | 22.1 (16.9) | 27.8 (16.2) | 23.6 (16.4) | 25.5 (15.9) |
Gender: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Female | 23 (51.1) | 12 (48.0) | 24 (55.8) | 16 (57.1) |
Male | 22 (48.9) | 13 (52.0) | 19 (44.2) | 12 (42.9) |
Ethnicity: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Aust/White European | 43 (95.6) | 23 (92.0) | 40 (93.0) | 25 (89.3) |
Asian | 2 (4.4Â %) | 1 (4.0) | - | 2 (7.1) |
Other | - | 1 (4.0) | 3 (7.0) | 1 (3.6) |
Relationship status: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Partnered – Living together | 30 (66.7) | 21 (84.0) | 32 (74.4) | 26 (92.9) |
Partnered – Not living together | 6 (13.3) | 4 (16.0) | 5 (11.6) | 2 (7.1) |
Not in a relationship | 8 (17.8) | - | 6 (14.0) | - |
Other/Not specified | 1 (2.2) | - | - | - |
Sexual identity: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Heterosexual | 45 (100) | 24 (95.8) | 41 (95.3) | - |
Non Heterosexual | - | 1 (4.2) | 2 (4.7) | - |
Cancer classification | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Sexual type cancer | 35 (77.8) | 20 (80.0) | 36 (83.7) | 23 (82.1) |
Non-sexual type cancer | 10 (22.2) | 5 (20.0) | 7 (16.3) | 5 (17.9) |
Intervention modality: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Couple | 26 (57.8) | 24 (96.0) | 26 (60.5) | 27 (100) |
Individual | 19 (42.2) | 1 (4.0) | 17 (39.5) | - |